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WhieL she was a menila.r ; and it aas urged it must be tll (en to be used in the Roman Catholic Church, because the quotation from the Book of Maccabees was taken fron e Roman Catholic version of the Bible, and not from that authorised by the Church of England. He could not Put such a construction on the words. He had no autho rity to add t o t h em, or to put any ot h er construct i on on them than th at t h ey wou ld b ear on t h e f ace o f t h em . Th e in vitation was----to " pray for the soul of Joseph Wool frey ," and t h e quotat i on f rom t h e B oo k o f M acca b ees de . d , ."" It i s a goo d an d w h o l esome t h oug h t to pray for the Now it was certainly true, that that did not agree W ith the English translation, but the question was not Whethe r the version was a correct version or not, but whether the meaning of the expression was or was not Inconsistent with that which was in the English version. Whethe r that doctrine was taken from the Romish version or from the English version—was it or was it not a viola tion of the Articles of the Church. Was it contrary of the Scripture ? was there any part of the Word God against it? for that was the view the L Church of ngland took of it, and that which he (the e arned Judge), sitting there, must take of it, as far as 1 ,!! 3 means would enable him to judge of the law of the tl;turch, as expounded in its canons and articles. If any thing arose from the circumstance of the party being a 'man Catholic, or that the sense in which those words w ere to be used and construed by the Court was to be t aken from a Roman Catholic version of the Bible, that sho uld l , ;; — urt have been specifically pleaded, because the had no cognizance of any such book, further into this case, it was mentioned in the course of tot e argument that similar inscriptions had been put on bs of eminent divines of the Church, and the case of 8 , 41 °P Barrow, 1680, had been alluded to. Was it pos ,leole to conceive, therefore, that such an inscription would allowed to remain on the tomb of a Bishop of the Church if it were considered that it was , e _Pognant to the doctrines of the Church, and contrary to t e words of Scripture ? He was of opinion that the facts i mputed by th e art i c l es ex hibi te d i n t hi s cause, as aga i nst . • Woolfrey, were not susta i ne d b y t h e au th or iti es nich had been cited. There was no article or canon Pointed out to him by which this practice was expressly Prohibited , and it was agreed by all commentators on the subject that it was not expressly prohibited, but Could only be considered as discouraged by the Church of England. He was bound to administer the law as he found it ; and he was of opinion that the Articles, so far as the Court was cognizant of them, and so fa r as they were admitted and proved, would not subject the party to ecclesiastical censures, and therefore that part of th e Articles which related to an inscription on a tomb stone must be rejected. There was another branch of the ease that must be considered, but which was not by any means subject to the same consideration s that were to be applied to th e other part, which must be considered as the most Important and the most difficult. The other branch de pended upon the practice of the Court in cases of this de scription. It ar ose upon t h at which was stated in the first part of the first article, viz., that by the laws and customs of this land it was forbidden to erect in a Church-yard any tomb or head-stone without the consent of the Rector, Or Vicar, or faculty for the purpose ; and that any Person so acting would be admonished immediately to ' re move the same ; an d i n t h e secon d ar ti c l e it w as alleged that the tombstone was erected without the f aculty of the Vicar of the parish, or without any e 'aFulty for that purpose. Now, that offence undoubt ilY Would be punishable by the Ecclesiastical Court, in th e, case of a criminal proceeding, the form here i'lltleopte.d, supposing the party was called upon by be citation to answer such a charge as that. It had ,part suggested as an objection to the articles on this 11 „.. rt of the case, that the proper way of proceeding have been by a civil proceeding — by a mo nition,, calling on the party to show cause why the " ai r" should not b e remove d ; but it was not ne essarY for him , in the view he took of this part of the case , t-,, s ay whether or not that was a course of proceeding that Would have bad sufficient effect. The Learned Judge "• en referred to the cases that had been cited on- this t in t. It w as no t s t a t e d in the citation that the incurn nt of the p ar i s h h a d no t cons ented to the erection of the t o mbstone, an d t h e pract i ce o f th e Court always had been, bat the citation should express the ground on which the part y was called upon to appear. The only illegality stated ag ) that she had caused the stone to be erected Aad a certain inscription to be made on it , contrar y to the t ltieles an d canons of the Church. Tha t could not be held Me an she was called upon to answer for having ere cted to mbston e w i t h ou t the consent of the incumbent. It therefore appeared to him that this part of the case was 11° af terthouaht when the articles came to be considered, L 4 : 1 4 without' reference to the letters and citation first e " , because, as this was a proceeding by letters of I , e ireat, it was necessary the citation should agree 13 those letters of request, for it was only that extent those letters authorised the Court to Z t °kleed, or that it had any cognizance of the offence al l ; 6 ind he never recollected a case in which ti e • tP ar tY had been called upon to answer to ar i4 Is wher e th e ill ega li ty h a d no t been specifically stated ato t ne citation . The offence of having erected a tomb be without the consent of the incumbent was quite A erected s eparate an d di s ti n ct offence to that of ha vin g „ ,eca tombstone contrary to the doctrines of the Iv; ur eb ; and if the citation had been taken out simply :!tit reference to the fact of the erec tion of the tombstone h ave the consent of the incumbent, the par t y would tl i a l : e been at liberty to appear, under any p e o ro test, to -, citation, and to deny it contained any char g e she t4'd answer ; and he thought the Court would have 1 141 4 bound to have pronounced for the protest if she l a appeared . He was of opinion according to the h a , and p rac ti ce of the Court, the citation was ,hOffiei ent to ra i se t h e question of whether the consent of e Rector was o bt a i ne d or not. If it had been inten ded h e n ave mad e th a t a p ar t of the charge against Mrs. Wool tY, On i l e' it should have been stated in distinct term s. at) . . 4, B l Part . of the case he was also of opinion the ar ticles were 9 misstble, and having already pronounced stis pinion that the former part of the articles w ere inadmi .1- be w as o f op i n i on on t h e w h o l e , lie must reject these 'titles and dismiss the party cited. 4 4 1'. BLA KE (f or M rs . W oo lf re y), in the absence of Dr. ,1;2315, applied for costs. V s ue QUEEN'S ADVOCATE stated that lie had not urged s • Woolf re y was a R oman C a tholic, but that the inscription b last be taken in a Roman Catholic sense ; and hence that p eo - p l e :lljury might be done to the religious opinions of the t e Sit HERBERT JENNEII.—I understood your argument to that th e i nscr i pt ; on mus t b e t a k e n in a Roman Cath olic e ia ",! e • If the cos t s ar e pressed for, I must say th e p art y is ',lied t o b e di sm i sse d w ith c osts. .1 4 ie delivery of this Judgment occupied the Learned ge two hours. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) Thi BALER V. BAKER. p, tt 8 was an action to recover a sum of 1 251., bein g a 1 14 nof th e cos t s o f a suit in the Proctor's Court , wh ich 1 4 ,`' been instituted by the plaintiff, defendant, and others, ap re cover certain legacies under the will of a Mrs. Williams, *l a a ireement having been entered in to b y the le g atees, of p a ; 111 th e plaintiff and defendant (br others ) were two, to Pr°Portionate parts of the expe nces. 'after the plaintiff's case had closed, 1 : 44 ,'• KELLY, for the defendan t, a pp lied to the Court for I,,'"tlacit, on the ground that the te rms of the agreement as not such as would entitle plaintiff to recover. After tio ih - 7 diseuvion between the Learned Counsel, 1111 4 , - • - h ,,,„d DENIfAN directed the Jury to find a verdict for the c ,, l ,"'ir , with leave to the defendant to apply to a full to set it de 111-• as: •.II:: 1 •M0N•Nm•M.M1............• "1 H,EsExT SESSIONS.—THIS DAY. lit tu Ye ars TAT. AssAULT.-I,;',dward Carney, alad only sixtee n tis ati i t ° . f .... ege, pleaded guilty to the following charge of Th st 4rvs e es CHAIRMAN having inquired what were the circum- O w of the case, It tiori t u ard C rouc h, th e p rosec utor, stated that about two; I nat hs since lie saw the prisoner's brother and sister . 4r , tFlli ng w i t h his ( w i tness ' s ) w ife, and on his m -I%wa'ering the prisoner came behind him and struck him . tek s evere blows on his right leg with a short thick (.I , bi n He fell to the ground, and on sm e p ersons or o ‘"g to hi s ;assistance , it was discovered that his le g was h os e P tw o pi a ces. He was conveyed to t he London ferertal, wh ere the fracture was reduced. He had suf- T,, g r eat Pain, and bee: in the hospital ever s ince. CHAIR MAN , a f ter e c mmenting on the brutality of soo l t r e 4ln net's conduct, sentences, him to six months' impri -1,, 'lt in the House of Correctioi.l - Sessions having terminated, fort;'-nine persons were l'urn a e r ti g . e4 by proclamation, after which the Court ad- G UILDHALL.-(TH I S DAY.) "WiklIGE OF FORGERY:I./ o bl Galloway, of No. 15 , Na n 7 5 1) , ace, Lis son - grove , was brought before Mr. Alder ohar in the custody of policeman Mason, 91, tor ß „ " °Y a youn ger b ro ther with having committed a Y upon him. As soon as the charge was stated an geai r r o "rather s t e p pe d f orwar d a nd said, that there was no e press the charge. tl ier • Alderman WHITE—Are you the prosecutor ? Bro ',erj.-I\lo, your wors hi p , b u t m y brother who holds a go .brotThnent sit uat i on, th i nks that t hi s ma y operate upon his Vo es f !, as a caution in future, and he would rather not tne charg e any further. * A4i.r * Alderm an WHITE then desired that the brother be ,I, which not be:ilg - le:Tun:led to the prisoner wi:.s discharged. The facts of the case are briefly these :—Mr. Wontner, of Ely-place, Holborn, had lent the prisoner a sum of money upon a ' written security, which security wa3 presented by the prisoner, purporting to be in the handwriting of his younger brother, which afterwards turned out to be a forgery. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of both Grain and Flour continue small. There has been very little disposition manifested on the part of the buyers to do business to-day. Few sales of Wheat have been made, but the holders are not inclined to give way, though the Market is reported dull. Barley, Beans, and Peas sell slowly at Monday's prices. Oats remain firm in value at last quotations. The quantity of Flour in London is .mall, and this trade is well sustained. The duty on Foreign Wheat is expected to be Is. to-morrow. ARRIVALS Whvat Barley. 8/oqrs. 5,9 0 qrs English I ri -141 Foreign Oats. I Flour. 1,020 it's. 3,420 ,clu 12,980 brls. NEWGATE AND LEADENEIALL. There were good supplies of Meat, and the demand to a fair extent. Prices were much as they were on Saturday. Beef, 2s. Bd. to 3s. 10d. and 4s. ; Mutton, 2s. 10d. to 4s. ; Veal, 3s. Bd. to 4s. Bd. ; Pork, 3s. Bd. to 4s. 10d. ; Irish, 3s. to 3s. 6d. Game and Poultry in good supply, and trade dull. Prices rather lower. For each of the following we quote-Wild Ducks, 9d. to Is. 3d. ; Wood Cocks, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. ; Black Game, 2s. 6d. to 3s. ; Widgeons, 6d. to Is. ; Partridges, Is. 6d. to 2s. ; Teal, 3d. to 6d. ; Rabbits, 6d. to Is. ; Ducks, Is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. ; Pigeons, 4d. to Bd. ; Geese, 4s. to 3s. 6d. ; Eggs, 7s. to 10s, per 120. CITY FISH MARKET. Supplies good for the season, and trade lively. Turbot, ss. to 21s. and 30s. ; Soles, 9d. to 3s. Gd. per pair; Cod, 23 to 10s. and 12a. ; Lobsters, ls. to 4s. each ; Whiting, 3d. to Gd. each; Haddock, Gd. to Is. each. HOP MARKET. No variation in prices from our quotations of Monday. No much doing, and that in the best descriptions. PROVISION MARKET. This market having received so large a supply from Ireland, rade has become dull; prices, however, are not lower. TALLOW MARKET. P. Y. C. to-day was 58s. 6d. to 595., and but little doing. OIL MARKET. Although prices cannot actually be quoted lower, still they are not so firm as they were, and there is not much doing. METAL MARKET. But little passing in this department ; prices,,however, re main much the same. Spelter is 191. ss. COLONIAL MARKET. We have no public sales of East or West India produce to-day, and none advertised for to-morrow. The stock of British Plantation Sugar is 32,363 hhds. and trs., and 1,778 barrels ; Bengal 7,120 bags ; Manila 67,252 bags; Mauri tius 60,917 bags. That of Coffee is 4 , 336 casks, and 4,781 barrels and bags ;:Ceylon 6,264 bags ; Mocha 3,260 hafts ; and Bengal 39,107 bags. The imports are light just now. Count Ludolf is still detained by ill health at Lea mington, although much improved during his stay . Shortly after his •i•eturn his Excellency will go to Paris, where he has been appointed his Sicilian Majesty's Ambassador. It. is rumoured that he will be succeeded at our Court by Prince Butera, one of the richest noblemen of Sicily, and, if we mistake not, nearly related to Lord Pembroke's lady. THE LATE JUDGE PARK.—Sir James Allan Park, says a correspondent, was the only son of a medical gentleman, who, after practising with much reputation in Edinburgh, settled at Newington, in Surrey. He received a liberal education, and, being desirous of applying to the study of the law, was placed under an eminent counsel in the conveyancing branch of his profession. Called to the bar in due course as a bencher of Lincoln's Inn, he soon acquired notice by his skill in mercantile law and marine in surances, and, after succeeding to the honours of a silk gown, was promoted, about twenty years back, to that seat upon the bench which has not always been filled with so much rectitude of principle or urbanity of manners. In 1787 he published " A System of the Law of Marine Insurances," to the value of which strong testimony has been borne by its extensive sale and multiplied editions. The Learned Judge also wrote a non-professional work, intitled " An Exhortation to the Holy Sacrament of the Lord's Supper," which does great credit to the knowledge and piety from which it proceeded. _ . _ THE POPE'S TOILET.—In the interior of his palace, the pretended successor to St. Peter wears a cas sock of white cloth and lawn sleeves. On his shoulders is a mozzetta, a sort of hood of red velvet lined with ermine, and on his head a camauro, or sort of skull cap, descend ing to his ears. The camauro is also of red velvet, and lined with ermine in winter. His Holiness's shoes are, according to the season, of red cloth with gold embroidery, or of red morocco, with an embroidered cross in the middle. He never changes either the colour or shape of his gar ments, except at the Advent, in Lent, and the fast-days, when he assumes a white woollen cassock. From Saturday of the Holy Week to the following Saturday, he wears a mozetta and a camauro of white damask. When he has to go out, he wears moreover, an etole round his neck. The Holy Father retains his usual dress in all the consistories. THE CORN MONOPOLY.—The Leicestershire Mercury, referring to Mr. Paulton's ablelectures on this sub ject, observes :—" The numerous facts adduced by that gen tleman constitute the best and most overwhelming evidence of the folly and danger of the restrictive policy which has so long been pursued in this country, especially as it regards the staple article of food, and proofs of the truth of his assertions are accumulating around us. We rejoice that the plan of lecturing on great political subjects has begun to receive more attention from some of the influential Re formers, those in Marylebone having determined to have such addresses delivered monthly. If this system were to be adopted generally, the most beneficial results would en sue. On some topics resident gentlemen might lecture with great effect—a subject which we would recommend to the attention of the Reform Society ; on others travelling lec turers would be listened to with more impartial and unpre judiced feelings. We congratulate the advocates of untaxed food on their possession o so powerful an advocate as Mr. Paulton, and we cannot but wish that the great apostle of Corn Law Repeal (Ebenezer Elliott) might be engaged, simultaneously with that gentleman , in this great an im portant work." A concert that promises to be very interesting will be given next Saturday at the Theatre de la Renaissance, and at which Mdlle. Pauline Garcia, sister to the late lamented Madame Malibran, will make her debut in Paris, M. de Beriot will perform on the violin, and all the other parts of this musical solemnity, vocal as well as instru mental, will be filled by performers of the highest eminence. —Paris Paper. CHELMSFORD UNION,—The workhouse here con tains at this time 306 paupers, of whom 52 are girls, between the ages of 6 and 15 ; 54 boys, from 7 to 13, and 31 chil dren under 7, most of them orphans or fatherless. There are also 12 men in the house under the class of able-bodied, mostly with their wives and families, but not on account of the number of children, with one exception, the largest family being five children, others two, three, and four, but partly owing to the slackness of work ; they are not all general labourers, and some few have not exerted themselves to provide for their necessities. Many able-bodied labourers, with families so numerous that even something more than the common rate of wages, at the present price of flour, would not enable them to support, have accepted orders for . the house, but are still struggling with an earnest desire to keep out. The test now lies between the workhouse and wages ; the interests of the master, and those of the honest and efficient servant, being mutual.—Essex Herald. In the Sheriff's' Court yesterday, a Glasgow gentle man named Buchanan recovered two guineas from a tailor in Pall-mall, named Nicholls, being the amount which plaintiff had paid defendant for a seat at his drawing-room window to view the Coronation procession. Defendant had stipulated that there should not be more than seven per sons admitted to the balcony, whereas he crammed twelve into it, to the great inconvenience of the plaintiff; and Mr, Buchanan having gone out of the house after the cavalcade had passed, was refused admittance when he came back to witness its return, on the ground that the ticket which he presented was a forgery. Between twelve and one o'clock yesterday afternoon, as a man named Thomas Johnson was; walking along Fleet street, he fell down suddenly, and blood was perceived issuing from his mouth. He was immediately conveyed to the shop of Mr, Lowden, Fleet-street, and medical aid being procured, it was ascertained he had broken a blood vessel. He died a few minutes afterwards. The body was taken to the Mitre Tavern, Chancery-lane, to await a Coroner's inquest. Yesterday morning two Irish bricklayers were re ceived into the London Hospital, the one with a broken leg and the other with a fractured skull, injuries received by falling from a scaffold upon which they were at work, at a house in Old-street-road. The Plank on which they were standing had given way. Both are in a very preca rious condition. One of them has, it is said, already been in different hospitals three times from similar accidents. They have large families depending upon their labour for ;: tpport. rehearsal of which took -U-TZSTMINSTER PLAY.—The play this year is tile first Terence's Thormio, place on Wedne3t:,2this ; last ; the second will be day the lkjr. Swah l er r : third and last on Monday, the 17th inst. The characters . Wood ; Phormio me filled as follow :—Gets, servos, parasitus, Mr. Vernon ; Dorniplio, sencx, Chromes, genes, Mr. Uandolpli ; Antiphe, adolescctr-, • Glyn ; Plicedria, adolescens, Mr. Ferrer ; Davus, sort us, `lr. Richards ; Dorio, leno, Mr. Cocks ; Hegio, advocat us, Mr. Rawlinson ; Cratinus, adv, catus, Mr. Mayne ; Crito, advocates, Mr. Greenlaw ; Nausistr ata, matrona, Mr. Phil limore ; Sophrona, nutrix, Mr. Williams. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1838. LITERATURE. ANCIENT SCOTTISH MELODIES. Edinburgh, 1838. By those who are fond or exploring the recesses of an- tiquity, and others who are musically inclined, this curious work, which is from a manuscript of the reign of King James the Sixth, belonging to the Advocates' Library, will be read with considerable interest. It was undertaken, it ap pears, at the suggestion, and has been completed under the auspices of the Bannatyne and Maitland Clubs ; and the various melodies which it contains " form the oldest col lection of the National Music of Scotland," say the pro prietors, " by upwards of one hundred years, which has hitherto been published." The editor of the work is a gentleman named Dauney, a member of the Scottish bar, who has appended to it an inquiry illustrative of the history of the music of Scotland, in which he has spared no pains or research to made his essay as complete as possible. His account of the " Godly and Spiritual Songs," which had their origin in a desire, on the part of certain well-intentioned but misguided zealots, to " popu larize the doctrines of religion by associating them with common secular songs and rustic and street tunes and dances," is exceedingly curious. " Thomas Sternhold," says the editor, "in the reign of Edward the Sixth, tried something of the same kind in England, and with as little success. It is related of him that, being a most zealous Proteit i ant and strict liver, the amorous and obscene songs used in the Court of this Prince gave him such scandal that he turned into English metre fifty-one of David's Psalms, and caused musical notes to be set to them, thinking thereby that the courtiers would sing them instead of their sonnets ; but, observes Wood, who mentions the circum stance, this they did not, only some few excepted." It is related, we believe, of Wesley, that he attempted a somewhat similar experiment, and set many of his own Evangelical hymns to the most convivial and popular tunes lie could lay hold of, observing, in extenuation of his con duct, that he did not see why " the devil should keep all the best music to himself." There is much agreeable read ing in this handsome volume, which ranges over a greater ariety of subjects than would be imagined from its title, and contains, among other recommendations, the music of some of the oldest and most singular of the Scottish Melodies. Notwithstanding their antiquity, the modern musician will be surprised to find that these melodies are in many instances elegant and graceful, and in the general case more pure, simple, and chaste in their character than those of more modern date, which are supposed to have bee■ handed down by tradition. From this it appears that much value is attachable to the most ancient recorded copies of popular airs which can be obtained, and by the publication before us a stimulus is given to the pursuit of them which cannot fail to be ultimately attended with the most grati fying results. It is strange why this should never have been thought of before. Harmony is a science of modern contrivance, and, like other sciences, has only been brought to perfection within the last hundred years—melody is the creature of fancy and impulse, and may be as old as the hills. Should any of our readers be sceptical upon this point, wo need only refer them to several of the ancient po pular airs contained in this collection, the beauty of which is very striking when compared with the frigid and artificial productions of the age to which the manuscript belongs. We should say, therefore, that antiquaries, particularly those of Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, could not do better than ransack their repositories for the oldest written copies of national music which they can find, and reduce them faithfully to modern notation, as has been done in this instance. If this were attended to, musical amateurs might soon have lessreason to complain of the mannerism of modern composers and schools of music. Hereafter, when their invention was at fault, they would be enabled, out of such collections as the present, to impart variety to their works, by the revival of expressive and graceful forms of melody, which have been long since allowed to sink into oblivion. It is proper that we should mention, that the gentleman to whom the public is indebted for the translation of this curious manuscript, a work of no ordinary labour and diffi culty, is Mr. George Farquhar Graham, the author of the valuable Essay on the Theory and Practice of Musical Com position which appears in the current edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. The work is further enriched by a masterly analysis of the Scottish music by Mr. Finlay Dun, teacher of singing, in Edinburgh. His observations have fairly given the music of Scotland a place in the general history of the art, and the striking analogy which he has exhibited between that music and the Canto Fernzo of the Catholic Church, is both curious and interesting ; and as he has deduced his examples of the latter from the Ambrosian Chant of the year 400, which is supposed to have been of Grecian and Jewish original, he has not only thereby established the remote antiquity of the Scottish music beyond all controversy, but laid a better foundation to illustrate the nature of the Greek music, than any that the musical historian has hitherto possessed. We should think, therefore, that this work cannot fail to form the basis of much future inquiry and speculation. EGYPT UNDER THE PTOLEMIES. Moxon, London, 1838. The very little authentic knowledge we have of ancient Egypt is turned to the best account in this volume, whose author has collected a prodigious mass of materials—consi dering the difficulties that lay in his path—regarding the earlier annals of that remarkable and perplexing country ; but has wisely refrained from laying any great stress on the data thus collected. The most readable portion of his work is that which is devoted to the reigns of the later Ptolemies, about a century and a half before the birth of Christ, when Egyptian history assumes an authentic shape, and abounds in stirring vicissitudes. The work does credit to the skill and research of its author, Mr. Sharpe. THE NAVIGATION OF THE PORT OF LONDON REGULATIONS.—It is anticipated that the Regulation s recently adopted by the Port and Navigation of London Committee and the Corporation of London, for anchori ng the colliers in sections, which have been app rove d b y th e most experienced pilots, and afterwards for ordering them into the pool for delivery, will have results most benefi cial to the public. The former regulations, it is calculat e d, will, if properly carried into effect by the harbo ur - master stationed at Gravesend, secure the free navigation of the river ; and the latter, it is hoped, will break up ent i re l y those mischievous arrangements for feeding the mark e t w hi ch have prevented the public from having an occasional t urn o f prices in their favour, as, however large the supply, th e same high prices have been maintained. It is scarcely possible that this monstrous system can be bolstered up much longer, as the vessels are now admitted into the port in numerical order, and their cargoes must be discharged within fifteen days, under a penalty of 101. for every day they continue in the collier tiers after the expi ration of that time. The rotation applies to vessels dis charging their cargoes in the collier tiers, and the by-laws for all cases of emergency, by the sth section, which declares that any vessel laden with coals may proceed directly and without delay to any dock or wharf within the port, to dis charge her cargo there. Formerly the vessels were ad mitted into the collier tiers as they were sold, or in other words, just when the coal-factors pleased. Now every ves sel must take her regular turn ; and as every coal-owner, whether in the combination or not, will have his fair chance of the disposal of his coals according to the demand and the time of their arrival, it is obvious that it will be the fault of the public themselves if they pay too high a price for the commodity. At Lambeth-street, yesterday, Maty Hennessy, a well-dressed female, was brought up on a charge of being a wholesale receiver of stolen property. It appeared that the prisoner resided in Gregg's-court, Wentworth-street, and that her house has been for some time the receptacle of stolen property of various descriptions. There was found in her possession a mahogany table, a dressing glass, some carpeting, and other articles, which were iden tified as having been recently stolen. There was also found in her possession a valuable coral necklace, consisting of four rows, ear-rings of the same description, a merino gown piece of fashionable pattern, and a valuable shawl, all of which are supposed to have been stolen. 'The pri soner, who declined offering anything in defence, was re manded. A considerable number of robberies have recently been committed in the neighbourhood of the Regent's Park, by a set of persons who, under different pretences, obtain access to the halls of gentlemen's houses, and, during the temporary absence of the servant who admits them, carry off every portable article within their reach. A few days ago a cloak was abstracted from the hall of No. 12, Chester place, under similar circumstances, by a respectably -dressed female, who called w ith a l etter for the lady of the house, and was very urgent for its immediate delivery. From her appearance, the footman had no suspicion that she was a thief, but, on his return, he found that she had decamped with the article in question. The letter was a begging pe tition. Yesterday afternoon, as an old man, sixty years of age, named Thomas Dill on, a gar d ener , wa s proceeding along Bishopsgate-street, he was pushed into the roa d b y a person passing by, and b e f ore t h e poor f e ll ow could recover himself the wheels of a waggon, h eav il y l a d e n, which was ceming in a contrary dire c ti on , passe d over him. The suf ferer was immediately conveyed to St. Thomas's Ho s p ital, when upon examination it was f oun d h e h a d sustained a compound fracture of the l e f t l eg, an d a seve re fracture of the skull. He lies in a very precarious state. - • TIIE POST-OFFICE ON SUNDAYS.—Last night t the inhabitant s o f Whi tec h ape l an d its neigh bourhood'meeting was held, in the National School-room, peti tion Parliament against the proposed opening of the Post office on the Sabbath. to COURT CIRCIJLAtt. WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—This afternoon her Majesty took her:accustomed airing on horseback, attended by the following suite :—Viscount Torrington, Viscount Mel bourne, the Hon. C. A. Murray, the Hon. Major Keppel, Sir F. Stovin, Colonel Buckley, Baroness Lehzen, tho Hon. Miss Murray, Miss Quentin, and Mr. Brand. _ _ Lady Torrington and the Hon. Mrs. Brand drovewout in a pony phaeton. Lady Tavistock took an airing in a pony barouche. The Hon. Major Keppel arrivod at the Castle to-clay. The Royal dinner party will include the following : Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Viscount Tor rington, Viscount Melbourne, Baroness Lehzen, Lady Tavistock, Viscountess Torrington, the Hon. Mrs. Brand, Lady Mary Stopford, the lion. Miss Pitt, the Hon. Miss Murray, Colonel Buckley, the Hon. C. A. Murray, the Hon. Major Keppel, and Sir F. Stovin. Her Majesty will hold a Privy Council this afternoon at Windsor Castle. One o'clock is the hour appointed by the circular for the members to assemble. Lord Glenelg transacted business yesterday at the Chan cellor of the Exchequer's Office in Downing-street. The Archbishop of Canterbury had an interview with Lord Glenelg yesterday at the Colonial Office. The Bishop of Barbadoes transacted business yesterday in Downing-street. The Persian and Neapolitan Ambassadors transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Department. Count Sebastiani, the French Ambassador, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. Captain Lewis and Mr. Robinson, of Canada, had in terviews with Lord Glenelg at the Colonial Office yesterday. The Austrian, Turkish, Russian, and French Ambassa dors transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Depart ment. Despatches were forwarded yesterday from the Foreign Department for Lord Ponsonby, the British Ambassador at Constantinople ; and for the British Charges d'Affaires at the Courts of Persia and St. Petersburgh. The Judicial Committee of her Majesty's Most Honour able Privy Council sat yesterday. The Lords present were Lord Brougham, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Justice Bosanquet, and the Chief Judge in Bankruptcy. Mr. Booth was heard for the appellant in an appeal from Antigua, Shand v. Boyd. Mr. Spence, Queen's Counsel, was heard for the respondent. Lord Brougham adjourned the case for a week, in order that the parties might come to an arrange• went on certain points by mutual admissions. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Dowager Countess of Mountnorris and Miss Somerset, at her Ladyship's residence in Great Cumberland-place, from Leamington; Lord John Beresford, at the Archbishop of Armagh's town residence in Charles-street, St. James's ; Rear- Admiral Sir Hugh Pigot in Foley-place; Lieut._ Colonel Rawdon and Lady Cremorne, in Stanhope street, Mayfair; Mr. Thomas Fitzhugh, in Stanhope street; Mr. F. H. Dyke, in Tylney-street, Park-lane ; the Hon. William Best, in Upper Brook -street; Rear-Admiral Stuart, in Up pot Brook-street; Miss Carter, in Upper Brook-street; the Rev. Sir Simon Clerke Jervoise, in Hanover-square ; Sir William Curtis and family, in Portland-place, from Cliff House, Ramsgate ; Captain Studholme Hodgson, in Welbeck street, from Ireland; Colonel Arbuthnot in Albemarle-street; the Hon. Mrs. Begot, in Chapel. street, Grosvenor-place ; Mr. Thomas Edward and Lady Emily Foley, in George greet, Hanover-square; 'Air. John Dawson and Mrs. William Dawson, in Albemarle-street ; Mr. Milnes Gaskell, in Albe marle-street; the Hon. Bridgeman Simpson, in Saville-row; Lady Charlotte Lindsay, in Green-street, Pa , -k -lane ; Lady Trigge, in Saville-row ; Mr. Round, in Davies street, Ber keley-square ; Viscount Castlereagh, in Chapel-street, Gros venor-square, from Paris. DEPARTURES. Admiral Sir Davidge and Lady Gould, and Miss Atty, from Scaife's Hotel, far Brighton ; the Hon. H. T. Liddell, M. P., and Mr. Liddell, from Percy's Cross, Fulham, on a visit to Lord George Seymour, at Brighton ; the Duke and Duchess of Somerset, from Park-lane, for their villa at Wim bledon ; Viscount Grimstan, from Grosvenor-square, for Gor hambury, the family seat hi Herts ; Lady C. Dundas, for Lea. mington Spa ; Lord Holland, from Holland House, Kensing ton, for Bowood Park, Wilts, on a visit to the Marquis of Lansdowne; the Duke of Grafton, front Clarges-street, for Euston Hall, near Thetford ; Mr. Sanderson, M. P., for Neveringham Hall; Sir John Hohhouse, from Berkeley. square, for his seat Erlestoke Park, Devizes, Wilts; Viscountess Tor. rington and the Hon. Miss Hilare Byng, from Cumberland street, for Windsor Castle; Lord and Lady Willoughby, for their seat, Grimsthorpo Castle ; Lady Charlotte Greville, for Hatfield House ; the Duchess di Csneizzaro, fromiHanover square, for her villa at Wimbledon. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. Two hundred trading vessels are now at anchor in the Bay of Camaret, waiting a favourable wind to continue their journey either southward or northward. Two vessels, La Nouvelle Confiance en .Dieu, of Bordeaux, and the Courtier du Havre, were wrecked, the first near Aber wrach, and the second off Camaret.—Vigie au Morbihau. BREST, DEC. 6.—Our intelligence from the coast con firms the fears occasioned by the horrid storm which raged last week along the shore. The following is an account of the losses suffered by our merchant navy : The schooner Felix, Captain Kerloch, bound from Bor deaux for Senegal, with a cargo of wines and other goods, was thrown on the coast of Plozevet, in the Bay of Audierne, on the 29th ult., at 6 o'clock p.m., and totally lost. On the 30th ult. the Figaro, Captain Saligny, going from England to Marseilles, with coals, was obliged to put into the harbour of Audierne a complete wreck. Her crew consisted of seven men, and on the 27th Captain Saligny was swept away by a wave, the vessel capsized, the main mast was broken, and an anchor, as well as the sails, had been carried away. On the 28th the Chasse-maree Leocadie, of Nantes, Cap tain Lancelot, was lost at Balenne, one of the Glenan Is lands. This vessel, of 67 tons, laden with a cargo of 80,000 lb. of plaster, and bound from Rouen to Nantes, went entirely to pieces. Part of the rigging, and the eight men of the crew, were saved. The Telemaque, Captain Dejoie, bound from Nantes to Morlaix, was wrecked on the island of Batz on the 9th. The 200 vessels now anchored in the Bay of Camaret are more or less seriously damaged. One of them, the Courtier de Bordeaux, Captain Ridout, which was thrown on the coast, had her keel carried off. AVRANCIIES, DEC. 3.—The violence with which the hurricane from the south-west raged on our coast on the 28th and 29th ult., occasioned a swell in the River See wide') only occurs in the equinoctial tides. Several ves sels are said to have been lost off Granville.—Journal des Dehats. The Messager states that M. Dessage, at the head of a division of the Department of Foreign Affairs, in which he may be said to discharge the functions of an Under- Secretary of State, set out last night for London on an extraordinary mission. His sudden departure is considered by this Journal as a matter of great importance, inasmuch as, in consequence of his intimate acquaintance with every thing relative to the Foreign department, he would not have been removed, even momentarily, from the centre of affairs, I except in a case of the greatest emergency. The house of Bernard and Co., of Bourdeaux, which, in 1830, was under the necessity of suspending its pay ments in consequence of the dishonesty of an agent, has just given a remarkable example of commercial probity by paying all its creditors in full, capital and interest included. Some months ago the diligence between Angouleme and Saintes was robbed of 2,000 f. out of 12,0001., placed in the seat of the coupe. The magistrates at Jarnac, where the I,ss was discovered, were applied to, and a judicial investi gation was made, but no trace of the thief could be found. A few days back, however, the conductor of the diligence, who was responsible for the loss, received a note from the cure of St. Martin, near Cognac, informing him that if he would come to his house, the 2,000 f. should be restored. It appeared that the robbery had been communicated to the priest in confession, and he had induced the penitent to make restitution. The Court of Assizes was occupied on Friday and Satur day with the trial of Garcin, the man who, in May last, robbed Mademoiselle Mars of her jewels, and of three ac complices, named Noel, Gervais, and Lezen. Mademoiselle Mars was known to have been summoned as a witness in the case, and the Court was crowded to excess on the first day with persons anxious to see her off the stage. Among the articles stolen was a splendid wreath of silver gilt, on each of the leaves of which was inscribed the name of one of the parts which had been performed by this inimitable actress. Count Charles de Mornay had paid 3,000 f. for this ornament to M. Mellerio, the goldsmith, who, during the trial, deposed to the value of the materials of which it was made not exceeding 150 f. or 200 f. This beautiful work of art had been melted by Lezen, who had been the receiver of the stolen goods, and who gave Garcin 85f. for it. The examinations were long, and it was late on Satur day night when- they were all declared guilty by the jury. Garcin was sentenced to close confinement, with labour, for eight years, and to be exposed in the pillory ; Noel to hard labour at the hulks for 12 years ; and Gervais and Lezen to close confinement, with hard labour, for six years. An unfortunate accident happened at Soissy- sous- Etiolles in September last, when, as an elderly Englishwoman, named Lane, was getting on board the Parisienne steamer, she fell with one of her legs through the companion ladder, owing to the negligence of the Captain and crew, broke'the limb, and soon after died of the injury she had thus re et:ived. The case was brought before the Tribunal at Cor beil on Friday, when the Captain and Receiver of the Pa risienne were condemned to pay a fine of 500 f. to the State, 3001. for expenses to the representatives cf the de ceased, and an annual pension of 200 f., for six years, to her grandson. There has lately been discovered, in the island of Marga ret, between Buda and Pest, an antique coffin, containing the body of a female, wearing a coronet on her bead, rings on her fingers, and other jewels of considerable value. It is believed to be that of St. Margaret, the daughter of Belas IV., King of Hungary, after whom the island was named. A soldier belonging to a Prussian regiment of artillery, quartered at Cologne, murdered a man and woman a few days ago in that town, having been refused by them per mission to marry their daughter. He shot both his victims with pistols, and afterwards cut his own throat with a large knife. M. Gudin, a French merchant in Trebizond, lately put an end to his existence in a rather strange manner. He was debating in the shop of one of his neighbours the price of a certain quantity of gunpowder, on which they could not agree. The discussion shortly became more vio lent, and M. Gudin laying hold of the gunpowder parcel, which weighed about 41b., threw it into the fire. The ex plosion was dreadful, and two hours afterwards M. Gudin expired. His adversary was more fortunate, having got off with a few severe burnings.—Courier• Francais. The ancient chateau of Pont de Metz, so picturesquely situate on the declivity of the valley of &lie, that beautiful dwelling in which Henry IV., during the tedious siege of Amiens, used to come and rest after the fatigues of war, is about to receive a pious destination. The Bishop has pur.. chased it for the purpose of converting it into an asylum for clergymen precluded by age or infirmities from the functions of their ministry.—Glaneur d'Amiens, On Saturday morning last, in a wood-yard in the Rue du Chemin-Vert, the owner found a man lying behind a pile of wood with his throat desperately t•rn, and appa rently in a dying state, unable to utter a syllable. It ap pears that he had been one of a gang who Lad attempted to rob the couning-house during the niint, and had been seized and torn by the mastiff, wh3ch was usually left as the only guardian of the premistA The man was conveyed to an hospital, and still lies in a most dangerous condition. FRENCH FUNDS. --Pitta DECEMBER 10. Five per Cents., 110 f. Sc. l 15e. sc. Four per Cent s., 1031; 70c. • Three per Cents, 79f. 90c. 80c. 75c. Ditto 79f. 85c. Bank Actions, 2,725 f. 2,730 f. 2 725 f. .. Rente de Naples, 99f. 65c. , Roman Five per Cents., 101% Ditto 10134 Spanish Actives, 16. i %. Belgian Five per Cents., 102 101 N. Belgian Bank, 1,370 f Ditto 1,370 f. Portuguese Loan, Five per Cents., 3 Hayttan Loan, 412 f. 50c. EICHANOR ON LuNDON.—lne month, paper, 25f. 2734 c. ; moncy,2sf. 2.5 e. Three months, paper, 251. 17yfic ; money, 25 15c. SPAIN, MADRID, DEC. 3.—The proposed scheme of the recon ciliation of parties here, of which I gave you the particulars in my last, produces but i n diff erent fru i t, or rather no fruit at all. Certain bases, as I have stated to you, had indeed been agreed to b y persons b e l ong i ng to the majority and minority of the Congress, but have, I understand, been totally rejected by Senors Lopez and Caballero, who . have taken the popul ar f ee li ng on t h e formation of a new minis try as their excl us i ve gu id e i n t h e nego tiation. To-day th e debate on th e L o p ez amen d ment on the address is to be resumed, and it is much feared that the circumstance will lead to still greater exasperation of the public mind. All that can be said is, that we have arrived at a crisis of the most perilous kind to the interests of the country, and which should h ave b een avo i ded by the appointment of a Liberal Government, and instant dissolution of a Cortes which has only produced evil, and can never produce any thing but evil to the country. The news from Seville by the last mail which arrived last night, is pacific. Nothing new had occurred there. General Cordova, it is stated, had come as far as Ocana, on his way to Madrid ; but received orders there from the Go vernment to return to Seville. The Committee in the Cortes, appointed to report on the license for his prosecu tion, have not yet given in their dictamen. M. Aguilar, late Spanish Minister in London, has ar rived safe in Madrid. The important subject of the army contracts, to which I also adverted in my last, is still unsettled. M. Safont has been negociating for th e supp l y of the whole, but the affair is not yet concluded. I understand that the Marquis Monte Virgen is doing all in his power to embarrass his successor, whoever h e may be, by t h e arrangements, &c.. which he is now making in the finance department. Was turpitude ever equal to this ? There was no session of the Cortes yesterday Chronicle, .-11forning HANOVE R , GERMANY. Nov. 30.—Th e affair of the Constitution is ended ; at least it i s t h ought f i t to cons id er it terminated. Mean time it co n ti nues to show itself in the Provincial As semblies, in discussions on the legality and the propriety of refusing to pay taxes after the new year, decisions of the Courts of Justice, &c. It is, however, thought that the shortest way of getting rid of all these unpleasant matters is to take no notice of them, as well as of the complaints against the Romish Clergy. The new organisation is proceeding rapidly, and it is thought that it will be complete by the new year. Th e changes in the composition of the several branches of the Administration, are by no means at an end. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vtuxus, Die. 1 Pive per Cents. Metalliques...«.« ».......».......«.. 107!9 Four per Cents. Three per Cents. 81 g Rank Shares ......... ...«....«.« ..... . ................... 1507 —AlfgemeineZeitosg, Des . & TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 20 (via Odessa).—The Turk ish fleet arrived here on the 18th, and all the ships came to anchor off Topkhane, in a seamanlike style never before witnessed here. There is a Persian saying, that common earth, if it should long have kept company with musk and atar, imbibes their grateful odour ; so I suppose the Mussel man sailors, by rubbing up against the British Jack-tars, have acquired something of the maritime essence which was previously not only wanting but wanted. Commo dore Parker, Captain Moresby, and Captain Walker, came up with the Capitan Pacha, and are receiving marked at tentions here. With proper instructors the Turks will soon become admirable sailors. On the 17th Mr. Bulwer had an audience of the Sultan, to take leave, and I am sure that his Highness said many kind things to him. Mr. Bulwer was to have started the same day for London, but was prevented by indisposition. Indeed, to go to the palace he had to rise from a sick-bed, to which he returned as soon as the cere mony was over. Lord Ponsonby sent off despatches yes terday morning for Downing -street. We have no news from Persia this week. The communication with Circassia is so open that the Trebisonde steamer was this time nearly tilled with passengers from that quarter. It has been whispered that the present Capitan Pacha, Ahmed, will not long retain his present high post, the Rue shins having taken umbrage at his hand and glove inter course with the British Admiral. The influence of M. Boutenieff (it may be and probably is, the influence of fear only) is decidedly on the ascendant again. The Turkish fleet has already been taken into the arse nal, and is being dismantled, a pp aren tly f or t h e w i nter. People are bginning to complain of a scarcity of bread here, and the enemies of freedom of trade with the finger of triumph point at the fact as a proof of the folly of exporting grain, of which the country itself has need! The poor are morning and evening col lected at the bakers' shops, and many go away ithout obtaining all they ask for. This, however, is the result of an intrigue, for, though bread is scarce, corn is abundant, and purchases are daily made for exportation. The high price it bears is at this moment an advantage, as it encourages the farmer to sow as much as he can ; and even should we hereafter receive food from abroad, com merce will supply the deficiency. The free trade in grain will, in the end, prove a dreadful blow to Russia, and it is not to be wondered at if they and their creatures seek every possible means of disgusting the Sultan with it.— Morning Herald. CHANGES. Lord Mount Caskel, at Moore Park, county Cork, from a visit to Lord and Lady Kingsborough, at Mitchelstown Castle ; the Hon. Hugh Scott, at Allertoun House, Boswell green, near Berwick-upon-Tweed, from Lord Polworth's seat; Baron Dieskau and suite, from Falmouth, to embark for Lisbon ; Sir Culling and Lady Smith, at Bedwell Park, from Lincolnshire; Sir William and Lady Chatterton, at Dublin, from their seat near Cork ; Lord and Lady Talbot, at Malahide Castle, from a visit to Lord Morpeth, at the Secretary's Lodge, Dublin Castle ; the Right Hon. Yates Peel, at Borrehill, Staffordshire ; the Earl of Liverpool and Lady Louisa Jenkinson, at Brussels, from Paris ; Charles Buller, Esq., on a visit to Sir Anthony Buller, at Totnes, Devon, from Plymouth ; the Earl and Countess of Errol, at Pembroke Lodge, from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor; Lord Ilchester, at Melbury House, Dorset, from ditto ; the Marquis Mountand MarchionessTeyi o Lo d Lodge, Ri Lothian, obu r g r e N e 7 b a t t he tl e EarlA bbey,o f from Cassilis and Colonel and Lady Alice Peel, at Paris, from Boulog . and g nm M o u i Miss N f a r p o i m e r ,Barti Bride k u i b r l k i , c f u r o m m . a betroi a n ur , Lord dr d on a tour; the Duke a nd Duchess of Somerset, at Wimbledon Park, from Leamington Spa. naModer Lad L y ad T y e i His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex is ex pected to arrive at Kinmel Park, the seat of Lord Dinor ben, on Monday next. Visitants began to arrive in the preceding week. The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Colonel Jones, came to town yesterday. His Royal Highness vi sited the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House, and in the evening returned to his residence at Kew. The Primate of Ireland and Lady Anne Beresford intend to receive mach company at Christmas, at the Pa lace, Armagh. The Marquis of Waterford is still at Curraghmore, and intends to keep open house during Christmas. The Marquis of Douglas, after passing the greater part of the autumn in town, is now gone to Broderick Castle, in the Isle of Arran, for the Christmas holidays. The Earl de Grey left St. James's-square a few days since to rejoin his Countess and Mr. and Lady Mary Vyner, at Leamington Spa. The Earl and Countess Cowper intend to receive much company at Christmas. Among the guests will be the Earl and Countess de Grey, who intend afterwards to Proc eed to Wrest Park , in Bedfordshire. Viscount Loftus left town for Vienna on Monday last, and thence his Lordship goes on a tour. Lord Moreton has quite recovered from the effects of his recent severe fall. On Thursday last his Lordship hunted his fine hounds at Woodchester, in company with the Earl of Suffolk, Viscount Andover, Lord Bruce, Vis count Barrington, the Hon. Captain Howard, Mr. God dard, M.P., &c. The church which the Duke of Buccleuch is about to build in Hawick is intended to contain from 1,100 to 1,200 sittings. The generous intention has been publicly notified to the inhabitants by his Grace's chamberlain, W. Ogilvie, Esq., of Chesters.—Berwick Warder. Sir Charles Wetherell has, it is said, obtained a fortune of 60,000?. with his bride, daughter of the late Colonel Warnsford. It is, we believe, the Hon. and Learned Gentleman's third matrimonial alliance. His second lady was the daughter of Sir Alexander Croke, a retired Colonial Judge. The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield have invited a large party to Abingdon Abbey, Northamptonshire, during the Christmas. The Earl and Countess of Guildford, accompanied by Lord North and their family, are expected at their seat, Old Ailesford, Hants, to-morrow, from Waldershare, near Dover. The Marquis of Bute and Mr. Ames gave their annual festival to the members of the Poor Men's Club, at Luton, on F r id ay l ast . Ab o ut 100 sat down to an excel lentSrkp,ednner at the George Inn ; the Noble Marquis spoke at great l engt h on the format i on an d o bj ec t s o f the S oc i e ty. Earl i lastnce r evening, arrive fromat Spencer Aith orp to House,presideat in the Green Park, the annual Smithfi e ld C lu b C att l e Sh ow Festival. Hi s Lord ship's annual prize of 101. for hedging, open to the labourers of any county, was contended for on Friday last by twenty husbandmen. Judges' award was to James Hedges, of Hendon. Mr. Kean is at Edinburgh, playing, it is said, to crowded houses, His engagement extends to three weeks. A ball, patronised by Alderman Johnson and Alder man Thomas Wood, Sheriffs of London, will take place at Freemason's H a ll i n the second week of January, the pro fits of which will be applied in aid of the masonic charities. Comparative circulation of the London Evening Papers as extracted from the official returns published by tlieSt 30, Stamp 08ffi3c8, inclusiveefor the _ si:months from April 1 to Sep tember Total, Six Months. Daily Average. SUN 750,000 Standard 523,000 Globe Courier CHARLES DUKE DONNE, Registrar. ; ,Register of Warrants °face, Stamps, and Taxes, Oct, 20, 1828, THE CORN SPECULATORS. To accomplish their object, the speculators are employ ing- the most extraordinary means, and we regret to say that they are assisted, not only by the free traders, the na tural enemies of the agricultural interest, but uninten tionally by many who call themselves the farmers' friends. It is notorious, that of the 2,000,000 quarters of wheat which were recently imported whilst the duty remained low, scarcely a bushel of the large quantity in the hands of the speculators has yet found its way into the market. The speculators have not yet obtained sufficient supplies c f fo reign wheat to suit their purpose, and therefore they are now striving by every means in their power to raise the averages as rapidly as possible ; to accomplish this ob ject a variety of means are employed. It is to be feared that many of our farmers are unintentionally promoting the schemes of the speculators, by refusing to dispose of their wheats at even the present high rates ; they will be for tunate, if they do not ultimately suffer severely for so d', 3 - inv.—Newcastle Journal. To urge the farmers to send their corn to market. is to place them in the hands of the speculating buyers, who, when they have got all they can from the farmer, will command the market. The knowledge of t),,i s wr i ter i s equal to his wisdom, for he insists that ;,b e speculators who already possess great quantities of foreign wheat are only anxious to bring in a still greater quantity, in order to keep up the price and enrioh theinselves. Whether the writer of the paragraph or the c'arn speculators have lost their senses the reader mast decide. IRELAND. PREr,,URSORSHIP.—The Pilot states that the Secretary to tXie Precursor Society " has even already sent in distil- , iition through the coun t r y near l y 40,000 P recursor car d s. ' The game Journal says " The work of Ireland proceeds gloriously—the work of peaceful, bloodless regeneration— wherever; O'C onne ll appears h e i s rece i ved with enthusiasm. THE O'CONNELL TRIBUTE.—From the same source we learn that the national collection in aid of the O'Connell Compensation Fund last Sunday was crowned with " splen did success." The accounts from the provinces appear to bear out the Pilot in its triumphant assertion. In one parish alone (Clondalkin, County Dublin) 1,603/. were collected for 111 r. O'Connell. TITHES.--RENT CHARGE.--A correspo n d en t o f t h e Waterford Chronicle states that H. Winston Barron, Esq., M.P., has paid the rent-charge in lieu of tithes on the entire of his Waterford estates, although the tenantry gene rally hold beneficial interests under him. And the Down patrick Recorder informs us that William Johnston, Esq., a landed proprietor in that district, has adoptca a like gene rous course, which, if generally pursued (as our Contem porary observes), would be attended wail the happiest re sults, greatly promoting the pacification of Ireland. In what has been done then, and it% what is still likely to be accomplished, do we not see some fruits of good in the much-abused Tithe Bit; - - - - SUPPLY Crf GAS IN THE CITY.--On Saturday a prelimio-, ry meeting of gas consumers took place for the perPosr..: of deliberating upon the best means to be adopted to ".:ecure to the citizens the advantages of competition int the article of gas. It appeared that about five weeks since a petition was presented to the Court of Common Council by Mr. Charles Pearson, pointing out the grievances of which the gas consumers complained, and praying that competition might be permitted. The petition was referred to the Committee of Sewers, with instructions to report forthwith. The meeting complained that the Committee of Sewers had held their sittings with closed doors, refused admission to the citizens and the public press, and decided in opposition to the signatures of 4,012 citizens (gas con sumers) who desired competition, that there was not suffi cient evidence to warrant a compliance with the request. It was observed that the petitioners had complairJed that they were not only compelled to purchase their give at what ever price the City monopoly companies plealand to charge them, but that they were obliged to pay those companies for the very meter by which the gas wa s supplied to the consumers. It was charged against the City companies that they had divided the City between them, and that, al though there were two companies, yet, in fact, their prac tice rendered them one, they having, as it was alleged, come to an understanding that the one should not supply the other's district. The City companies were further charged with supplying their gas thirty per cent. cheaper out of the City than they supply it in the City, and that while they act courteously in those districts where there is competition, yet that in the City they compel the incriming tenant, before he is allowed to have gas, to pay the arrears of the outgoing tenant. The report of the committee was declared . to be a denial of justice to the citizens,, and it was observed that it was too bad for that body to 'hold their meetings in secret, and declare that the complaints of 4,012 citizens, forming, as it was stated, the majority of gas consumers in the City, were without foundation. After some very strong observations agT,inst City monopo lies, it was determined to convene simultaneous meetings of the wards for the purpose of ohtaining competition in gas. COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE AND HUMORIST FOR DECEMBER.—The Number before us is illustrated with a portrait of Mr. Howard, the talented author of " Rattlin the Reefer," &c. The likene ss i s a good one, and the engraving is excellent. " l';iy Last Tour," from the pen of the Editor, will be read with great pleasure. " The Manager's Note Book," dewated entirely to Thomas Knight (certainly one of the cleverest and 'most original actors of his day) is, as usual, mo s t amus i ng.. " R',nal Festivities," however , is our favorite paper th: / s month. It is enjoying, and chatty, much too short, And scattered over it are delightful little bits of extract from, the rural poets, which serve it instead of pictorial illustrr At i ons. It tastes very much like William Howitt's writing, or d r and gra phic " Shakspeare's Historical,, Nob o t d is d c harming wife's. " A Day at the Falls" is a v gra phic piece of description. Pl ays " is one of an import a nt ser i es o f articY4ts which in crease in interest. " My Grandfath er ' s Paperr,," i in Town," " Major Gahagan's Reininiscenr,Ts," and the ~ Lesson of Life," by Douglas Jerrold, are. all worthy the high reputation of the Magazine.—Court Jriurnal. NEWPORT.—The anniversary dir:ner to celebr ate the first open election of members for this borough• w ill take place on Thursday. The Nlembers for the bo. °ug h Messrs. Hawkins an d Bl a k e ( s h ou ld no unforeseen t o r- - ' acci dent occur), i n t en d v i s i t i ng their constituents on r . a acc _ sion.—Hants Indep en d en t, n